The federal health insurance market for individuals won’t open for enrollment until Nov. 1, but regulators and those who help Mississippians find coverage are already dealing with waves of uncertainty.
Mississippians face uncertainty ahead of the federal health insurance market’s Nov. 1 start of enrollment.
This week, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services pulled out of pre-enrollment meetings organized by the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program. Advocates cite the move as evidence of health law “sabotage” by President Donald Trump’s administration. The U. S. Health and Human Services Department says it’s evaluating how to serve people “who continue to be harmed by Obamacare’s collapse.”
Groups that help people find coverage are dealing with budget cuts, and the enrollment period’s been shortened by half.
Mississippi is down to one insurer — St. Louis-based Centene Corp — as Humana Inc. leaves. Though most people get federal aid and won’t pay more, state Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney granted Centene a 47 percent rate increase.
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